>Utter poppycock. Who is to say that a particular entity holds an >exclusive "sales opportunity" to a particular individual? Are we to >protect the expectations of profit for some, at the expense of sharing >things with each other?
Utter horse manure. Anyone can profit from something so long as it is thier own idea. >> Ourselves and our children are lost generations with respect to >> ethics, manners, >Ethics such as sharing, and helping one's neighbour? Giving away an illegal copy of software it not helping one's neighbor, it is making that neighbor an accessory to copyright infringement, a federal offense punishable not in excess of 10 years of $10K. Such a nieghbor should ask: "with friends like that, who needs enemies?" >I certainly hope our grandchildren will live in an environment that >encourages helping each other, yes. Helping each other cheat on a test is not helping, it is hurting. There is no difference ethically between plagiarism, cheating, or unauthorized copying. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
